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Images of refreshing beverages, both alcoholic and otherwise are used for purposes as diverse as major ads and invitations to small parties. The virtues of drinking eight glasses of water daily may have come under scrutiny recently but no one argues with the importance of...
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What does leaving my wallet at the bookstore yesterday, a flashing warning light on the car dashboard as I pulled out to drive back to the bookstore and an error in posting a payment to a bill have to do with stock photography? Typical everyday annoyances and frustrations...
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I don't know about you, but photography is something that gives me real pleasure. It's nearly always on my mind: planning the next project; scoping out new places to shoot; reading as much as I can about new techniques; appreciating other photographers' work; checking out...
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This is my first blog, but only to say thanks to those who have purchased my photos! Nothing gives me more encouragement than people giving me support and advice to improve my photography.
The refused files with attached reasons for refusal is really painful but USEFUL...
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Is Chinese tea your cup of tea? If so, what is your favourite Chinese tea?
Is it white tea - the one that comprises those pale budding leaves of the tea plant that have not been fermented?
Is it green tea - the much lauded tea that is said to be very beneficial...
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I have been on Dreamstime for about 9 months now and have learned a lot about stock photography. I love being part of a photographic community and I am working toward becoming an exclusive contributor. This week my work achieved one of my highest goals to date (besides sales)...
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Hello,
European countries are now with a huge problems to resolve,thousands of
ilegals are entering from african countries in war or on extreme poverty.
There are countries like Italy and Greece who are already in humanitarian
crisis.There is also problems...
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Hi folks,
I just wanted to say how pleased I am to have had another batch of files accepted. My acceptance ratio has improved as well - ten out of eleven this time, and I have at last reached my first benchmark of 50 images. There is still a long way to go to catch...
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Hello Folks,
First of all I want to thank the mystery buyer of one my images, marking my first sale on Dreamstime. Hopefully it will now lead to further sales. The excitement of having images accepted on DT in the first place is just fantastic, especially after having...
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Hi Everyone,
I am in the market for a new storage device. I have a Network Attached Storage Device that I was very happy with until it became about two thirds full, then it became unreliable. I liked the Network Attached Storage solution because it was very convenient...
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Some days ago I had 10 sales in one day but today I had a record of 24 sales in less than 24 hours.
I dont know the reason but I hope this trend continue !
Anyone else had a similar sales trend recently?
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I admit I'm a numbers person - have been since a very early age. Loved math, love statistics and love sport with statistics.
Looking at the Dreamstime numbers at the bottom of the page we have (at the time of typing):
29,284,827 images
9,744,832 users
Assuming users...
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Hello everyone,
This is my first blog and first post ever published anywhere on internet and it's just because I think I have some great tips for all new stock photographers such as myself.
First of all, I would like to say few things about myself because later you'll...
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Hello folks,
This week’s bird is a very pretty and cute one:
Little ringed plover – Charadrius dubius
The Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius) is a small plover. Adults have a grey-brown back and wings, a white belly, and a white breast with one black neckband....
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It happened again.
For the second time over the course of many, many years, I've suffered a hard-drive failure. The poor 500GB drive on my desktop unit, after enduring years of endless spinning and whirring,and for reasons unknown to me, passed on. And with much sadness...
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After uploaded some pictures last year, i seldom came here because i found there is a long distance between my pictures and others. But last week, i logined the dreamstime, i found i sold out one picture, it is real encouragement to me.
so i upload some more pictures...
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When the cell phone rang in the morning announcing a new day, I felt like sleeping late. Yesterday, we celebrated my birthday and I went to bed late. Do you imagine? My friends always expect the pictures and I had to edit and upload them to my FB page. What a nice surprise...
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I am very excited to say that i have earned my first hundred today with 38 downloads. I will try my very best to earn the second :P , cheers
Thank you for the buyer who downloading my work :)
This is my first hundred one:P
This one is the biggest sale ($5.19)...
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Hello Everyone,
I am very happy with that 100+8 images are online. i think it isn't easy to achieve that, because i was rejected so many time before and i was demotivated for a period of time, but i believe "Keep uploading" and "See more articles and blog from DT" then...
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